ABC SPORTS AND ESPN, INC. TO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

ABC Sports and ESPN, Inc. will utilize their event and news resources to offer extensive coverage of the four-game college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS). On-site coverage will begin January 1 with SportsCenter and ESPNEWS reports and conclude January 5. Highlights:

--All four BCS games on ABC Sports and ESPN Radio, including in high definition on ABC HD;

--On-site coverage from ABC Sports and ESPN studio programs, including three College GameDay shows and daily reports on SportsCenter and ESPNEWS plus online content on ESPN.com;

--College sports network ESPNU offering a live on-site Rose Bowl preview, plus two 12-hour blocks featuring games involving USC and Texas and encore presentations of all four BCS games;

--Keith Jackson calling his 14th Rose Bowl Game and fourth BCS National Championship;

--Great past bowl games on ESPN Classic, short-turnaround condensed versions of this year�s BCS matchups on ESPN360 and global coverage on ESPN International.

GAME TELECASTS (ABC SPORTS) AND BROADCASTS (ESPN RADIO)

ABC Sports and ESPN Radio will combine to provide television and radio coverage of all four games: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and Nokia Sugar Bowl January 2 at 4:30 p.m. ET and 8:30 p.m., respectively; FedEx Orange Bowl January 3 at 8 p.m. and the National Championship Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi January 4 at 8 p.m. ABC HD will offer all four games in high definition.

--Keith Jackson will call his 14th Rose Bowl game and fourth BCS Championship game. Jackson, in his 39th year as a broadcaster, will partner with analyst Dan Fouts and reporters Todd Harris and Holly Rowe on ABC Sports� coverage. The ESPN Saturday primetime team of Ron Franklin and Bob Davie will work the Rose Bowl for ESPN Radio with reporter Dave Ryan.

--ESPN�s Thursday night team of Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit and Erin Andrews will be assigned to the FedEx Orange Bowl for ABC Sports. ESPN Radio�s action will be described by ABC Sports� Saturday afternoon team of Gary Thorne, Ed Cunningham and Dr. Jerry Punch.

From January 1-5, ABC Sports and ESPN will provide extensive on-site news updates, analysis, features and highlights of the four BCS games through ABC Sports� college football studio program, ESPN�s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, College GameDay on ESPN Radio, SportsCenter and ESPNEWS.

ABC Sports

ABC Sports� pre-game, halftime and post-game coverage, hosted by John Saunders with analysts Craig James and Aaron Taylor, will originate from the Fiesta Bowl on January 2 and the Rose Bowl January 3-4. Coverage will include analysis, interviews and features on all four games and daily reports on the Rose Bowl. Scheduled segments include:

--Pre-game Fiesta Bowl features on Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis, Ohio State linebacker AJ Hawk and at how Notre Dame was able to reach a BCS bowl after a 6-6 season in 2004.

--A live interview with troops stationed in Iraq during halftime of the Rose Bowl.

College GameDay

College GameDay, hosted by Chris Fowler with analysts Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit and contributor Desmond Howard, will originate from the Rose Bowl with shows January 2-4. Mark May will provide on-site analysis January 3-4. Program schedule and segments will include:

January 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.:

--Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn�s season under first-year coach Charlie Weis, former New England Patriots offensive coordinator, including a look at how the influence of Patriots� quarterback Tom Brady played a role.

--Texas quarterback Vince Young discussing how not winning the Heisman Trophy motivates him and his teammates in the Rose Bowl Game.

--ESPNEWS will provide coverage of the Rose Bowl media day January 2 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Host Trey Wingo and analyst Robert Smith will anchor studio coverage from Bristol, Conn. with on-site contributions from Howard and reporters Joe Schad, Shelley Smith (with USC) and Steve Cyphers (with Texas).

--SportsCenter will include live Rose Bowl post-game coverage immediately following the game.

--ABC Sports� John Saunders, Craig James and Aaron Taylor will join May for live post-game Rose Bowl coverage on ESPNEWS.

--A look back at the national championship and a look ahead to next season, including projections of the top five teams heading into 2006.

ESPNU: THE U TO ORIGINATE FROM THE ROSE BOWL; NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CRAM SESSIONS; ENCORE PRESENTATIONS OF BCS GAMES

The U, ESPNU�s signature studio show, will originate live from the Rose Bowl for a pre-game show Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 3 p.m. Mike Hall, ESPNU�s primary anchor, will host the 90-minute special previewing the National Championship along with college football analysts Mike Gottfried and Todd McShay. The program will include coverage from ESPN�s National Championship Tailgate, an on-site fan fest in Pasadena, Calif. featuring a performance by Grammy-nominated country group Big & Rich presented by Cingular.

In addition, ESPNU will offer a 12-hour cram session featuring games involving USC and Texas from earlier this season, January 4 beginning at 6 a.m. On January 5 beginning at 7 a.m., ESPNU will provide a 12-hour cram session featuring games from this year involving the national champion, concluding with a re-air of this year�s Rose Bowl.

In addition, ESPNU will offer the first encore presentation of the four BCS matchups.

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3 at 3 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Nokia Sugar Bowl Jan. 3 at 6 a.m. and Jan. 4 at midnight

FedEx Orange Bowl Jan. 4 at 3 a.m.

Rose Bowl Presented by Citi Jan. 5 at 3 a.m., 4 p.m. and 11 p.m.

THE ROSE PARADE

Monday, Jan. 2 at 11 a.m., ABC will televise the 117th Rose Parade live from Pasadena, Calif. The two-hour broadcast, hosted by ABC Sports commentator Terry Gannon, will feature the parade�s famous floral floats, high-stepping equestrians and marching bands, along with Desperate Housewives stars Teri Hatcher and James Denton who will serve as commentators.

ESPN CLASSIC

ESPN Classic will offer 35 hours of classic Rose Bowl games ranging from 1978 to 2005 over New Year�s Eve and New Year�s Day. In addition, ESPN Classic will look back at great Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl games with eight hours of action January 4 beginning at 10 a.m.

ESPN.com will provide in-depth coverage with an individual page for all four BCS games, including a break down of the matchups, college football-related ESPN Motion video, keys to who, why and what to watch, and season stats, rosters and team histories. ESPN.com will also have daily feature and news stories about each game, results, key players, programs and personalities; SportsNation polls; live chats; commentary and humor from ESPN.com�s Page 2 section and more.

ESPN360 TO FEATURE CONDENSED BOWL GAMES

ESPN360, ESPN's customized broadband service, will offer condensed versions of all four BCS games. Each game will run between 15-20 minutes and will be available within 24 hours of its original airing.

ESPN INTERNATIONAL

The BCS matchups will be available live in 150 countries outside the United States on nine ESPN branded networks.